With a genuinely cursed and painful couple of years for members of the band you would correctly expect the music to be as dark and misanthropic as it is. They are sludgy doom in their craft and the riff is big, the riff is massive. If you have been anticipating this third release as much as I and many others, you will most likely be familiar with their dark, powerful sludgy sound. The slow shouting style of the vocal delivery remains, easily portraying the tragedy, grief and trauma contained in the lyrics. We do get a fantastic guitar solo though in the title track of the album. A moment of joy in the dark riffs.
All members of the band handle their jobs with precision and power. None wishing to outshine the other, more just coming together to be a collective force of doom. This doom sound has a hint of death metal involved in its bones. Giving this Yorkshire trio that little spark of something different.
If the lyrics and the music don’t manage to convey the raw emotions intended, the spoken work section of Chapter and Hearse will do the trick. Trust me, you are not listening to Bon Jovi.
But all in all, please don’t think this time spent with Swamp Coffin is an unrewarding bleak one, because it’s not. The riffs will have you bobbing your head and pulling your riff face. This threesome often combines to produce moving and enjoyable tunes, they both entertain and uplift the listener. The final track As Cold as Blood completes with a slow repetitive riff of anger. At this point I was once more reminded of the slowest wall of death carried out with live performances. The mood is sombre, while the skill and the riff soar high.
Drowning Glory is released on 27th September via APF Records.
Review by Neil 'Thrashtash' Bolton
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